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Colonial Days and Dames.
by Wharton, Anna Hollingsworth
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- G+
- Seller
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Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott,, 1898. Hardcover. G+. E. S. Holloway.. 9th edition (1898, first published in 1895). 12mo, blue decorative cloth, top edge gilt, 248 pp, b/w illustrations, frontispiece photograph of Gunston Hall, VA. Condition: GOOD+ : a mildly cocked spine, small tear to spine head gutter, brownish stain to front board, some scattered soiling to rear board and spine, internally clean throughout. Wharton covers topics on colonial days in America: women in the early settlement, early poetesses, colonial dames, old landmarks, weddings and merry-makings, and legend and romance. See also Wharton's companion volume "Through Colonial Doorways.
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- Bookseller
- Bygone Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17479
- Title
- Colonial Days and Dames.
- Author
- Wharton, Anna Hollingsworth
- Illustrator
- E. S. Holloway.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - G+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott,
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1898
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, AMERICANA, WOMENS STUDIES, COLONIAL PERIOD, POETRY, WOMEN WRITERS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Social Life and Customs;
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Glossary
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- G+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good. Good is defined as "describes the average used and worn book...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cocked
- Refers to a state where the spine of a book is lightly "twisted" in such a way that the front and rear boards of a book do not...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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